I’m not going to deny dating has been difficult since coming out as trans.

People have all these expectations and misconceptions about what it means to be trans. So many people just focus on body parts without taking in who I am as a person. So many people refuse to give me a shot because they see the “F2M” on my profile.

But I’m not going to let a few (or even a lot) of bad apples tell me how to live my life.

I believe there is someone out there for me, and if I stop trying now, my happily ever after will never happen. Hell, I may have met them already.

BTW, it’s not just cis people telling me that I’ll die alone. Trans people are guilty of it too. To them I say, you’re giving up too soon. As long as you’re alive, there’s hope.

So what if I end up single and never married. I have friends, good ones. And they will never abandon me.

So when you say to me that I’m going to die alone and unloved, I respond with: